Trapped!

[Covenant]

I stepped down the stairs to find myself 'Truly Excited'. Then I take two steps and find myself surrounded by very experienced ghosts. By the time I was on the stairs again, one was right next to me. As I went up, it hit me, putting me at 'Old'. Now I have no clue how to kill the thing before I become a dusty pile of bones. I could go to Berserk and fire my undead arrow at it (lucky I left it equipped after a single ghost lord a few levels up), but if I miss, I'd die. Normally, I'd set myself to Coward and cast Dispel Undead at him, but considering I was on 'Coward' when he hit me before...

Any chance I could get a bit of advice on this situation? I can't see much of a way out of it, and I don't want to die. Before the 'obvious' answer; it's the Air Temple, so I can't teleport.

Also, how the hell will I get past that level in the future? There are ghosts literally surrounding the stairs. I'd be dead within a turn of going down there.

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Tuk-Tuk II    St:26  Le:22  Wi:29  Dx:51  To:18  Ch: 6  Ap: 1  Ma:17  Pe:22 N=
DV/PV:130/38     H:267(267)    P:154(204)    Exp: 26/2363753    D: 39 Sp: 141
Strained Coward
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                            Character Information
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Tuk-Tuk II    St:26  Le:22  Wi:29  Dx:51  To:18  Ch: 6  Ap: 1  Ma:17  Pe:22
N=
DV/PV: 130/38   H: 267(267)   P: 154(204)   Exp: 26/2363753   M: 94402


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                                   Spells
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   Baptism of Fire          :   510,   8pp     (Effectivity: +1)
   Cure Disease             :   146,   8pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Cure Light Wounds        :   296,   4pp     (Effectivity: +5)
   Cure Serious Wounds      :   642,  10pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Darkness                 :   689,   4pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Disarm Trap              :   601,  10pp     (Effectivity: +3)
   Dispel Undead            :   191,   7pp     (Effectivity: +8)
   Divine Wrath             :   699,  10pp     (Effectivity: +10)
   Enlightenment            :   341,  75pp     (Effectivity: +4)
   Ethereal Bridge          :   415,  22pp     (Effectivity: +4)
   Holy Awe                 :    11,  22pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Know Alignment           :   192,  10pp     (Effectivity: +2)
   Knowledge of the Ancients:   359,  39pp     (Effectivity: +6)
   Light                    :   766,   2pp     (Effectivity: +8)
   Minor Punishment         :   227,   7pp     (Effectivity: +5)
   Nether Bolt              :   383,  10pp     (Effectivity: +14)
   Revelation               :   133,  33pp     (Effectivity: +4)
   Seal of the Spheres      :   317,   8pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Slow Monster             :   182,   7pp     (Effectivity: +2)
   Slow Poison              :   268,   6pp     (Effectivity: +0)
   Summon Monsters          :   406,  30pp     (Effectivity: +0)

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You have grown thorns (3d3 melee damage, Dx: -2, Ap: -3).
Your corrupted tissue seems to heal much faster.
You have grown a total of 12 eyes (Ap: -6, Pe: +6).
You have become very light (1/10 weight, St: -6, Dx: +4, To: -6, Ap: -6, +20
speed).



Total weight: 7236 stones                Carrying capacity: 6902 stones

Head          : cursed helm of water breathing [+0, +1]               [30s]
Neck          : uncursed rusty amulet of free action                   [3s]
Body          : uncursed eternium plate mail of balance (-1, -2) [-1, +14]
Girdle        : blessed girdle of carrying [+0, +0]                   [15s]
Cloak         : -
Right Hand    : eternium spear (+2, 2d8+8)                            [25s]
Left Hand     : uncursed medium eternium shield [+9, +5]              [46s]
Right Ring    : uncursed ring of immunity                              [1s]
Left Ring     : uncursed ring of the master cat [+0, +5] {Dx+16} (+16 spd)
Bracers       : uncursed bracers of war [+8, +4] {Dx+8}               [10s]
Gauntlets     : uncursed gauntlets of strength (-1, +0) [-1, +1] {St+3}[40s]
Boots         : adamantium boots [+1, +3]                             [89s]
Missile weapon: short bow (+1, +0)                                    [20s]
Missiles      : bundle of 4 uncursed arrows of undead slaying (+5, 2d4+3)
Tool          : Chaos Orb of Elemental Fire                          [100s]

  ...


Tools (']')
...
Instruments ('{')
   uncursed flute                                                      [3s]
Rings ('=')
   uncursed ring of defense +1                                         [1s]
   heap of 2 uncursed rings of fire                                    [2s]
   uncursed ring of slaying (+7 melee damage, +6 missile damage)       [1s]
...
   uncursed silver ring                                                [1s]
   amber ring                                                          [1s]
   nograin ring                                                        [1s]
   ring of defense +3                                                  [1s]
Wands ('\')
   uncursed wand of teleportation (0 charges)                          [4s]
   uncursed wand of far slaying (8 charges)                            [3s]
   uncursed wand of destruction (1 charge)                             [3s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (0 charges)                          [3s]
   uncursed wand of lightning (2 charges)                              [4s]
   uncursed wand of digging (0 charges)                                [3s]
   uncursed wand of fireballs (0 charges)                              [3s]
   uncursed wand of light (4 charges)                                  [4s]
   uncursed wand of knocking (9 charges)                               [3s]
   uncursed wand of door creation (4 charges)                          [3s]
   blessed wand of digging (5 charges)                                 [3s]
   uncursed wand of wonder (0 charges)                                 [3s]
   uncursed wand of monster creation (0 charges)                       [3s]
   uncursed wand of trap detection (2 charges)                         [3s]
   uncursed wand of ball lightning (2 charges)                         [4s]
   uncursed golden wand                                                [4s]
   uncursed wand of door creation                                      [3s]
   cursed iron wand                                                    [3s]
   uncursed golden wand                                                [4s]
   uncursed wand of ball lightning                                     [4s]
   uncursed ivory wand                                                 [3s]
   blessed purple wand                                                 [4s]
   marble wand                                                         [3s]
   copper wand                                                         [3s]
   purple wand                                                         [4s]
Potions ('!')
... (No Youth, unless it's one of the few unidentified potions I'm carrying)
Scrolls ('?')
...
Books ('"')
   spellbook of Darkness                                             [100s]
   silk-covered tome                                                 [100s]
   blessed spellbook of Ethereal Bridge                              [100s]
   uncursed spellbook of Knowledge of the Ancients                   [100s]
   uncursed delicate tome                                            [100s]
   delicate tome                                                     [100s]
   compact tome                                                      [100s]
Food ('%')
...
Gems ('*')
   uncursed crystal of power                                           [1s]
   ...

[Xanthine]

Good sir, your speed seems to be over 140 - ghosts aren't nearly that fast. Step down and to the right, then to the right, then up and to the right. You should be able to get enough distance between you and him to berserk and blast him into scraps of negative energy fairly easily.

Good luck with the big pile of them upstairs though =(

[Silfir]

Lots and lots and lots of fireballs, hoping for the best?

Also... If the lower level has a greater vault then you know already in which part of the level it is located. Once you've entered you can instantly teleport away from the stairs and hopefully the ghosts - maybe you get one turn to cast magic mapping? - and scramble for the stairs. Then it's only a matter of finishing the rest of the game. Once you return you have a) already won and b) achieved level 50.

[gut]

> will I get past that level in the future?

You will if you have a source of invisibility. Just bolt
them all to death, nothing could be easier. Ghosts don't
see invisible unless you melee them, missile them, or
ball spell them, that grants them the 'see invis' intrinsic,
somehow. Unfortunately, you didn't list your potions, so
I'll have to assume no invis. In my opinion, your best
option is to use offense. Like Xanthine says, you have
great speed, and you also have great DV to back it. I
think it was a fluke you got hit. As for what to use, I
wonder if the dispel undead spell would work so great,
considering it's only at effectivity 8. How well has it
worked in the past? Maybe consider using the powers
of the Fire Orb.

[mike]

DV 130, speed 141. Don't see how you're in trouble. =P

Try moving down, zapping wand of digging, and moving down again.

[Grey]

He got a lucky hit - stay at Coward and blast him away with spells.

[Covenant]

Thanks people. Seems you were right about the lucky hit, and the speed. He was tough though - an 'exact hit' on him, with the undead slaying arrows, only took him to 'Severely'. The second one killed him though.

I don't have a good handle on the experienced versions of monsters, to be honest. I get vaguely scared when a goblin rockthrower starts taking 5 hits before he goes down. Whereas I have a good sense of how strong a 'normal' ghost is, the experienced ones throw me for a loop. I probably need more experience in the endgame!

And thanks for the advice about being invisible - I had no clue ghosts couldn't see invis (though I am fond of ADOM's monster memory, I wouldn't mind a few of Angband's MM features being implemented). The teleport advice wouldn't have done much good I'm afraid - no teleport control, all game! Luckily though, when I get back there I should be fast enough to run, as I'm currently slaughtering killer bugs like a lunatic.